Posts about social media marketing including LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram and other social media sites. I particularly speak about using social media for coaches, consultants, course creators and other heart centered entrepreneurs.
In January I was a guest on Yvonne McCoy’s radio show: SOS 4 Your Business. During the interview I answered Yvonne’s questions about the myths small business owners have about using Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter. You can listen from here or go to Blog Talk Radio to listen. Listen to internet radio with SOS 4 […]
Three Myths Business Owners Have About Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter Read More »
Because Twitter is such a short and sweet medium with very few options for creating a profile many people don’t put much thought into their Twitter profile. However, there are a few things you can do to make the most of your Twitter profile. Your Bio Although your Twitter bio is only 160 characters it
Three Quick Tips for Making a Better Twitter Profile Read More »
If you’re using LinkedIn you know it’s a great social networking site for business professionals. You can network, look up potential business partners, search for suppliers, do research and get found by prospects. What you may not know is your LinkedIn profile is public and searched by search engines link Google. There are several things
How to Optimize Your LinkedIn Profile for SEO Read More »
Facebook has launched a new-look profile over the last few days. If you haven’t seen it yet, log into Facebook and check it out. The look is cleaner, with more graphics. There is more information about you right under your name and photos of you show up front and centre. The photos under your name
See the New Facebook Profile Read More »
Of all the social media sites, LinkedIn is probably the least intuitive. Many people find it difficult to figure out how to meeting new people or participate on the site. That’s probably why so many people join, get five connections, then give up. However, if you don’t want to give up, watch this video about
Using LinkedIn: Having Conversations in Groups Read More »
Yesterday I wrote about why you need to take your online connections off-line. Today I’ll tell you how. When you met somebody online and you’ve had some sort of an ongoing conversation, someone you think you might have a connection with, approach them about having an off-line conversation. You can send them a private message
How to Have Off-Line Conversations with Your Online Connections Read More »
One of the biggest mistakes people make with social media marketing – Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter – is they think it means they don’t have to talk to people. They think if they’re posting to Twitter, updating their status on Facebook or posting videos to YouTube that’s it for social media marketing. But making posts without
Social Media Marketing Means Talking To More People Not Less Read More »
If you’re work has a visual component – graphic designers and photographers come to mind – then LinkedIn has probably felt a little cold to you. On a site like Facebook you can easily post your most attractive work and let it speak for you. After all, saying you’re a great photographer is a little
Visual Artists & Multimedia professionals: Promote your portfolio on LinkedIn Read More »
Setting up a LinkedIn group is a great way to encourage discussion and get to know new people. However, groups on LinkedIn have been the last bastion of spammers on the site. Unless you had lots of time to moderate the group, too often people would be posting items that are unabashedly promotional, rather than
Using LinkedIn Groups: Moderating is now easier Read More »
How can you use Twitter to promote your business? This video is a discussion by Wayne Peters and Brad Gosse from the SEO Guys about how to effectively use Twitter for business, even local business. Wayne is a member of my BNI group and I’m happy to share this video with you as Brad raises
Using Twitter for Business Read More »